Coin-freed photograph-exhibiting apparatus.



No. 66!,299. Patented Nov. 6, I900.

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COIN FREED PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Mar. 14, 1900.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661.299, dated November6, 1900. Application filed March 14, 1900- Serial No. 8,569. (No model.)

To [0% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CECIL WRAY, asubject of the Queen of Great Britainand Ireland,and a resident of Borough Mills, Manchester road, in thecity of Bradford, countyof York, England, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Coin-Freed Apparatus for Exhibiting Series ofPhotographs or other Pictures, (for which I have made application for apatentin Great Britain, No. 16,773, hearing date August 18, 1899,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct mechanism for use incoin-freed apparatus for exhibiting series of photographs or otherpictures whereby the driving or motor shaft which communicates motion tothe film operating and displaying mechanism and which is adapted torot-ate in one direction only may be placed into gear with thefilm-operating mechanism upon the insertion of a coin, and after apredetermined number of photographs in series has been exhibited in aforward direction the mechanism automatically reverses the direction oftravel of the film, and the same photographs are then traveled throughthe machine in the opposite or backward direction, and upon completingthe exhibition of the said photographs in this order the mechanism thenautomatically throws the driving or motor shaft out of gear with thefilm operating and displaying mechanism and leaves the parts in theirnormal or inoperative positions,ready for the insertion of a coin,andupon the insertion of a coin the same cycle of operations may berepeated.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will describethe same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1is a front elevation of one form of mechanism for carrying my inventioninto effect. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, a front plate and somemechanism having been removed. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of themechanism illustrated at Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a secondform of mechanism for carrying my invention into effect, and Fig. 5 is aplan of the same.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, A A are two sun-wheels mountedon the drivingshaft B and free to rotate thereon, but not to movelaterally. These wheels A A have teeth on their neighboring faces, aswell as on their peripheries. A planetwheel 0, mounted upon a radial armC, rigidly fixed to the driving-shaft B,connects the teeth on the facesof the two wheels A A together. Consequently if the shaft B is rotatedthe two sun-wheels A A turn with it; hntif either of the su n-wheels A Ais held the other is driven at twice the speed of the driving-shaft. Ona shaft D, through which motion is conveyed to the filmoperatingmechanism, a pair of wheels E E similar to the wheels A A are mounted,and the wheel E directly engages the sun-wheel A on the driving-shaft,and the wheel E is connected by an intermediate wheel F to the sun-wheelA on the driving-shaft B. The sun-wheels E E on the film-operating shaftD are connected together by a planet-wheel G, mounted upon a radial armG, rigidly fixed on the film-operating shaft D. By this arrangementmotion may be communicated from the driving-shaft B to thefilm-operating shaft D through the medium of the gear 'ing by lockingone or other of the sun-wheels A A on the driving-shaft, and accordingto which one of the sun-wheels A or A is locked the film-drivingmechanism driven either forward or backward and causes the film totravel either in a forward or backward direction. Mechanism foreffecting this purpose may consist in employing separate pinions H H toengage each of the sun-wheels A A on the driving-shaft and mounting twolocking-wheels J J preferably in the same plane upon the twopinion-shafts. A locking-slide K is mounted between the twolocking-wheels J J, and this slide is operated by a lever M, pivotedbelow its center of gravity and controlled by a coin-operated detent Nand a wheel 0, driven by a train of wheels from the film-operating gear.When the-mechanism is at rest or in its normal condition, the lever M isheld in such a position by the detent N that the locking-slide K isdisengaged from both locking-wheels J J. Consequently rotation of thedriving-shaft B does not communicate motion to the film-operating shaftD; but as soon as the detent N releases the lever M the latter fallsover to one side and,

actuating the slide K, locks the locking-wheel J, thereby enabling themotion of the driving-shaft B to be communicated at an increased speedto the film-operating shaft D. WVhen the film operating shaft has beendriven in this way a specified number of revolutions,a pin carried,bythe wheel 0 P,eugages the lever and moves it sufficiently to cause it tofall toward the other side of its pivot, and as it falls it causes theslide K to release the locking-wheel J, with which it is then engaged,and engage the lockingwheel J, thereby reversing the motion of thefilmshaft D. As soon as a specific number of revolutions has beenimparted to the filmoperating shaft D in this direction a pin P, alsocarried by the Wheel 0 and which may be adjustable thereon, engages thereversing lever M and causes it to fall over to its original positionand again engage the detent N. This movement of the lever M issufiicient to disengage the locking-slide K from the locking-wheel J;but the movement imparted to the lockingslide is not sufficient toenable it to engage the other locking-wheel J.

Referring particularly to Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, I will nowdescribe the second form of mechanism for carrying my invention intoeffect.

Mounted upon the driving-shaft B are two bevel-wheels A A, adapted toengage with a bevel-Wheel E, fixed upon the film-operating shaft D. Asliding clutch J is mounted upon the driving-shaft B, adapted to engagewith the bevel-wheels A A and lock either of them to the driving-shaftB, or the clutch may be moved into an intermediate and inactiveposition,whereby both the bevel-wheels are free and disconnected fromthe drivingshaft. A locking-slide K is provided, coupled to the slidingclutch J, through which the movements of the clutch J are controlled,and consequently the direction of rotation and the throwing into and outof gear of the film-operating shaft are also controlled. Thelockingslide K is operated by mechanism constructed and acting insubstantially the same manner as that of the locking-slide K describedwith reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings and is as follows: Apivoted lever M is mounted upon theframework of the machine and isadapted to engage with two stops upon the slide K. The lever M iscontrolled by a coin-operated detent N and a wheel 0, which is driven byatraiu of wheels from the film-operating gear. A spring-actuated lever Lis also provided to impart the same movements to the lever M as areimparted by the weighted lever M in the fore going mechanism. This leverL has a projecting portion of angular formation, which under theinfluence of the spring acts upon a bearing-point on the lever andcauses or tends to move the lever in either direction after it haspassed the vertical position. When the mechanism is at rest or in itsnormal condition, the lever M is held in such a position by the detent Nthat the slide K places the sliding clutch J into its intermediateposition. Consequently rotation of the driving-shaft B does notcommunicate motion to the film-operating shaft D; but as soon as thedetent N releases the lever M the latter is drawn over to one side and,actuating the slide K, slides the clutch J into engagement with thebevel-wheel A, thereby enabling the motion of the driving-shaft B to becommunicated to the film-operating shaft D. When the film-operatingshaft has been driven in this way aspecified number of revolutions, apin P, carried by the wheel O,engages the lever and moves itsufficiently to allow it to be drawn over by the lever L toward theother side of its pivot, and as it travels it causes the slide K torelease the clutch J from engagement with the bevelwheel A and to engagewith the bevel-wheel A, thereby reversing the motion of the filmshaft D.As soon as a specified number of revolutions has been imparted to thefilmoperating shaft in this direction a pin P, also carried upon thewheelO and which may be adjustable thereon, engages the reversinglever Mand causes it to be drawn over to its original position and again engagethe detent N. This movementof the lever Missufiicient to cause the slideK to disengage the clutch J from the bevel-wheel A; but the movementimparted to the slide K is not sufficient to enable the clutch J toengage with the bevelwheel A.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In coin-freed apparatus for exhibiting series of photographs or otherpictures, and in which the motor or driving shaft is adapted to rotatein one direction only, providing gearing between the motor-shaft and thefilmoperating shaft whereby the latter may be driven in a forwarddirection, automatically reversed and driven in a rearward direction andfinally thrown out of gear, in combination with means for controllingsuch gearing, consisting of a slide provided with looking or engagingmeans, a lever arranged to rock automatically after having been carriedinto a vertical position, a wheel provided with pins, one of which isadjustable, to engage with and move the lever into the vertical positiontogether with a coin-freed detent, all acting substantially as hereinset forth.

2. In coin-freed apparatus for exhibiting series of photographs or otherpictures and in which the motor or driving shaft is adapted to rotate inone direction only, providing disengaging and reversing gear between themotor-shaft and the film-operating shaft for the purposes herein setforth, in combination with a locking-slide K, a lever M, pivoted belowits center of gravity, a wheel 0, carrying two pins P, P, and detent N,substantially as herein set forth.

3. In coin-freed apparatus for exhibiting series of photographs or otherpictures, and in which the motor or driving shaft is adapted to rotatein one direction only, providing disengaging and reversing gearingbetween the motor-shaft and the film-operating shaft for the purposesherein set forth, in combination with a slide K, pivoted lever M,springactuated lever L, wheel 0 carrying pins P, P, together with detentN, substantially as herein set forth.

a. In coin-freed apparatus for exhibiting series of photographs or otherpictures, and in which the motor or driving shaft is adapted to rotatein one direction only, providing gearing between the motor-shaft and thefilmoperating shaft,consisting of two bevel-wheels A, A, mounted uponthe driving-shaft B, hevel-wheel E, fixed upon the shaft D, and slidingclutch J, in combination with means for controlling such gearing,consisting of a slide, a lever arranged to rock automatically afterhaving been carried into a vertical position, a wheel provided with pinsto engage with and move the lever into the vertical position, togetherwith a coin-freed detent, all acting substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

5. In coin-freed apparatus for exhibiting series of photographs or otherpictures, and in which the motor or driving shaft is adapted to rotatein one direction only providing gearing between the motor-shaft and thefilmoperating shaft,consisting of two bevel-wheels A, A, mounted uponthe driving-shaft B, bevel-wheel E fixed upon the shaft D, and slidingclutch J, in combination with means for controlling such gearing,consisting of a slide K, pivoted lever M, spring-actuated leverL, Wheel0 carrying pins P, P, together with detent N, all acting and arrangedsubstantially as herein set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

CECIL WRAY.

Witnesses:

J. ALFRED BREWER, JOHN J owETT.

